New Iberia was founded by a handful of Spaniards in the spring of 1779.
Here, in detail, are found the stories of the early Spanish.
Presented in twenty-seven essays, the work focuses on the People who have fashioned the town.
The present volume seeks to relate many of the episodes that have occurred along New Iberia\'s historical path to the present.
In the more than two hundred years that have elapsed since that event, the town, now city, has experienced a rich and stimulating history.
New Iberia was founded by a handful of Spaniards in the spring of 1779